Broadband Signal Analyzer

The Aeroflex Broadband Signal Analyzer and Recorder (BSA) family provides the widest bandwidth and deepest memory RF/baseband signal analyzers available today.

The BSA combines broadband RF down converters, wide bandwidth high dynamic range ADC converters and very deep high speed memory with powerful DSP-based signal analysis software.

The BSAs have bandwidths of up to 600 MHz and full bandwidth signal memory of up to 88 seconds into solid-state memory or 150 minutes into streaming RAID. The bandwidth, memory depth and dynamic range make the BSA an essential tool for broadband satellite communications, frequency agile radio communications, broadband wireless network communications, and radar test. The DSP software includes analysis of real signal inputs as well as analysis of signals recorded into the BSA signal memory.

Digital acquisition and processing are used to achieve the highest measurement accuracy and repeatability. Signals recorded in memory can be saved to storage media including internal or removable hard drives and DVD-R/W drives. These recorded signals can be imported into Aeroflex's Broadband Signal Generators and played back for real world signal generation. Flexible data visualization allows simultaneous plotting of the signal in frequency, time and modulation domains, including all measured parameters plus data bits.

Measurement software packages include digital spectrum analysis, channelized signal power and power ratios, PSK and QAM demodulation and analysis (including EVM, eye diagrams, symbol rates, carrier frequencies, and symbols), signal statistics and other signal demodulations. Aeroflex's modulation analysis software is more robust than similar products on the market.

Brick wall bandpass digital filters can be dropped on the signal of interest to eliminate the effects of nearby signals and noise. The unique PSK and QAM carrier and symbol measurement algorithms allow the demodulator to display and track these values so the demodulator maintains lock on even the most difficult signals during analysis. All values can be plotted on strip charts, analyzed in real time or saved to disk for additional analysis.

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RF configurations: 2GHz, 3GHz, 6GHz, 12GHz, and 18GHz with 1Hz tuning capability. Fixed frequency RF configurations available.